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[Postcard to Mrs. Laurel Pitus, February 2, 1908]

Postcard to Mrs. Laurel Pitus. The sender says they wish Mrs. Pitus could see the countryside around Boerne, Texas. The front of the postcard features a photograph, colored in with ink, of Walnut Grove Ranch in Boerne, Texas. The ranch has two large buildings barely visible in the center of a large area filled with scrub-brush and trees.
Date: February 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from L. A. to Mr. Will L. Henkle, April 8, 1908]

Postcard from L. A. to Mr. Will L. Henkle, thanking him for sending something, and discussing Texas's pretty landscape. The front of the postcard features a photograph of Holy Angels Academy in Boerne, Texas, a two-story building with wrap-around porches on both stories. There is a small tower extending from the center of the roof of the building, with a cross-shaped spire at the top. There are a few short steps leading up to the first-story porch and the front door to the academy. There are several trees surrounding the building, obscuring much of the second-story.
Date: 1908-04-08~
Creator: A., L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Letter from W. J. McKinley to Claude D. White, July 8, 1907]

Letter from W. J. McKinley to Claude D. White. Birdie wrote them a while ago and they never heard from them. They are worried that Claude and them are all sick. The last time they heard from them they were planning on coming to visit. He asks that they write back if they have been sick.
Date: July 8, 1907
Creator: McKinley, W. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard of the Chautauqua Building]

Postcard of the Chautauqua Building in Mineral Wells, Texas. The postcard is addressed to Mr. Halman Cartwright.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Morris Shephard Dam]

Postcard of the Morris Shephard Dam in Mineral Wells, Texas. The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Laretta Carter of Denton, Texas.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the YMCA Building in Palestine, Texas]

Postcard of the YMCA building in Palestine, Texas. A handwritten message on the back of the card reads "Hello Chas. If you have any intentions of going to Purdue next year, which I hope you have let me know at once and I will come down some Saturday or Sunday and talk it over with you. C. F. M." The card is addressed to Mr Chas. Forsgard of Waco, texas.
Date: August 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard with an Illustrated Photograph of a Houston Church]

Postcard with an illustrated photograph of the Annunciation Church in Houston, Texas; this church has a tall tower on the corner. The note on the back of the photograph reads: "Hello Miss Mamye I am having a fine time, take good care of [] Harry with love from Katharine Wheatly."
Date: March 8, 1909
Creator: Wheatly, Katharine
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from Leda Bahl to Mayme Collins, March 8, 1909]

Postcard from Leda Bahl to Mayme Collins in Waco, Texas with a tinted photograph of Buffalo Bayou in Houston, Texas; the photograph shows four boats tied next to one another across the bayou. There is a note on the back of the card that reads: "Dear Mayme, arrived all [] and having a fine time just got home been seeing the drill it was just fine..."
Date: March 8, 1909
Creator: Bahl, Leda
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard Showing a View of the Exposition Building in Dallas, Texas]

Postcard showing a "Day View of Exposition Building State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas." The photograph is placed in a large quotation bubble and the title is positioned under the picture; there is a note on the front that is running down the side of the card.
Date: November 8, 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Small Smiling Child]

Postcard of a smiling blonde child wearing a white bonnet with a green bow. "Best greetings" is typed above the child's head, and an illegible letter to the side. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie McFaddin Beaumont, Tex, 1906 McFaddin Ave."
Date: April 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ferry Boat Rosenberg, Texas]

Postcard image of "Ferry Boat Rosenberg, Texas", crossing the Brazos River. Three men are on ferry along with three cows and a cart. One man is standing on the cart holding the reins attached to the cows. On the bottom of the postcard is written: "Dear sir; - Here is a souvenir of Rosenberg. Does it look good to you? I will send your one of Main st. some of these days. Ha-ha. Effie" Addressed to Miss Dora Alley, Oxford, Kansas
Date: February 8, 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas & Pacific Railway Shops, Marshall, Texas

Color tinted halftone postcard from around 1908 showing the Texas & Pacific Railway Shops, Marshall, Texas. The view shows parallel lines of train cars, with industrial buildings behind. Printed on the top of the image in red is the title, "Texas & Pacific Railway Shops, Marshall, Texas." Printed in the lower left corner of the image in red: "2049." In the top left of the back of the card are the stylized initials "A. H. Co.," probably standing for the Alfred Holzman Co. of Chicago, Illinois. The postmark on the back of the card is dated Oct. 8, 1908, and the card is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J. Smyth, New Orleans, La.
Date: October 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of the Alta Vista Hotel in Corpus Christi]

Postcard of the Alta Vista Hotel in Corpus Christi taken from a low vantage point. The three-story building sits at the top of a hill, surrounded by well-manicured grass. Text on the back of the card reads "Hello! Jennie: How's everybody in Waco? I'm having a daisy time down here bathing and fishing. Lovingly Wonelle." The postcard is addressed to Miss Jennie Forsgarde of Waco.
Date: July 8, 1908
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Calvert City Hall and Dentist Office]

Postcard of the City Hall and Dentist Office in Calvert, Texas. A handwritten message on the back of the card reads "Dear Ellen. arrived safely and are in good health. Be a good girl and help a a little." The postcard is addressed to Miss Ellen Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: October 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of High School in Calvert, Texas]

Postcard of a high school in Calvert, Texas. The multistory building is white with a red roof and features a turret and a tower. A handwritten message on the back of the card reads "Dear Annie, Drizzling today and am not doing much. Having a nice time and hope you all are well. Tell all hello for sure." The card is addressed to Miss Annie Forsgard of Waco, Texas.
Date: October 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Miss Eddie Handy - May 8, 1909]

Postcard from Midland addressed to Miss Eddie Handy[?] in Maverick, Texas. The front of the postcard depicts a Fourth of July parade in downtown Midland, going down Main Street with the Llano Hotel at left and several pedestrians and parked carriages watching horse-drawn parade floats and decorated cars.
Date: May 8, 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History